MOTOWNS 3" STAINLESS STEEL VBAND EXHAUST

[MOTOWN]

Finally got my 3" T304 stainless steel exhaust fabbed up , and installed , i took a trip back to Detroit to visit family and had my fabricator Doug Valerio of Valerios show cars , and concepts do the exhaust with my help.

I used Vibrant 3" stainless steel Vband clamps thru out to make disassembly a 10 minute job! mufflers are Magnaflows , everything was tig welded up using 308 stainless rod , heres a few pictures along the way.

The finished exhaust with the H pipe sounds awesome! more like a small block tone with no drone , or raspy sound! the round mufflers are 4" round X 14" long , the oval muffs are 28" long X 11" wide X 5" tall

http://i1020.photobucket.com/albums/af324/sims36/20150713_213829_zpsu3qxqcf7.jp g

H pipe done

http://i1020.photobucket.com/albums/af324/sims36/20150713_190230_zpseudluc1v.jp g

Passenger side tail pipe with two vbands so it can be removed

http://i1020.photobucket.com/albums/af324/sims36/20150713_185509_zpsobu1mdhk.jp g

Drivers side tail pipe

http://i1020.photobucket.com/albums/af324/sims36/20150713_185458_zpsvuxlwjck.jp g

Passenger side lower tail pipe

http://i1020.photobucket.com/albums/af324/sims36/20150713_185451_zpsgu0upkam.jp g

Drivers side muffler

http://i1020.photobucket.com/albums/af324/sims36/20150710_170345_zpskuppkqk6.jp g

Rear mufflers installed

[chief455]

WOW! Now that is an exhaust system. nice work, great ideas making it able to come apart. :beer:

[MyBlackBeasts]

Sweet! 3" tail pipes?

[lji372]

:bows:


You still in town?

[MOTOWN]

Sweet! 3" tail pipes?

Yes sir!


:bows:


You still in town?

No , if i were i would have been the fool doing a burnout in front of your shop!:burnout:

[justbob]

That looks AWESOME!


Builder Of Badassery

[MyBlackBeasts]

Yes sir!

Excellent! Glad to see you didn't go X-pipe. With the 3" tails you will get the power gain of the X-pipe w/o the raspy exhaust note.

You put my exhaust design on your car before I got it on mine! :depress:

[Bad_S55]

This is heroic & incredible! I played with the idea of a complete V-banded exhaust system, but I didn't have the money, skill, or resources to pull it off. Glad somebody did it though!! I'll be anxiously waiting for a videa.

[Lowndex]

Show us the dyno before and after runs, please.

[MOTOWN]

Show us the dyno before and after runs, please.

Seriously?:confused: i don't care what the before or after was! its what me likeys!

[Trevor M]

exhaust looks killer!! looks like my man needs a new pair of kicks though lol
will you be in town for the Dream Cruise?

[MOTOWN]

exhaust looks killer!! looks like my man needs a new pair of kicks though lol
will you be in town for the Dream Cruise?

Yep , and those are my "working" sneakers! lol

[Trevor M]

Awesome! are you parking by Jerry? I plan to be parked with him so hopefully we can all kick back enjoy a beer and chat! Cant wait! and as far as the sneakers, i understand 100% haha

[MOTOWN]

Awesome! are you parking by Jerry? I plan to be parked with him so hopefully we can all kick back enjoy a beer and chat! Cant wait! and as far as the sneakers, i understand 100% haha

Sounds like a plan bud!

[Trevor M]

"LIKE BUTTON"

[CWright]

This looks great buddy! Now I can't wait to see in person!!

[JBeezy]

Glad you got it done. It looks awesome. I bet it sounds even better. Can't wait to hear it. I want a larger exhaust so bad, and a stronger shortblock.

[lji372]

it HAS to sound better than the first time i saw it :P

[Guittard22]

Looks great wish I had your bank roll lol

[jflave]

Real Nice :2thumbs:

[BeeDamn]

Nice that is a huge big HOLE (don't get me wrong lol)

[RubberCtyRauder]

In a deep, deep tone...."Motooooowwwwwwwnnnnnn":D

[camelgrundle]

Looks killer man! I bet it sounds great.

[Seneca]

Sweet man!! That looks superb! Love the vband connections

[Kramer1]

Can another one be made????!!!!! ;)

[1stMerc]

Sound clip please.....
That looks killer!!!!!

[CWright]

I saw and heard it yesterday. The work done is top notch! It's very quiet until he gets on it and then it has a good deep rumble.

[JBeezy]

Can another one be made????!!!!! ;)
What he said...

[MOTOWN]

What he said...

Sure it can if the car is at the shop to do the mock up/install.

[lifespeed]

V-bands are so nice.

[crownvic05]

What you doing with your old exhaust?


Those magnaflows are the same ones I have. Love the sound

[SGT_MERC]

Looks awesome.

[Turbov6Bryan]

What you doing with your old exhaust?


Those magnaflows are the same ones I have. Love the sound

I bet he held on to it for 2 1/2 years just for you ;)

[RubberCtyRauder]

If my memory is correct, Motown had SW exhaust system and sold it
and here it was


https://mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=97651

[2004_p71]

I know I'm late to the party but geeze that is a hell of a great exhaust and all tig welded on top of that !!!

I had the whole stainless works on my car and I didnt like it that much.Dont get me wrong it is a high quality system but I didnt like the raspy sound and drone I was having so I ended up selling it.

I have access to a hydraulic tube expender so I will make a complete slip on exhaust system since I dont really need to take the whole thin out in 10 min like the OP but this gives me ideas . :)

[MOTOWN]

I know I'm late to the party but geeze that is a hell of a great exhaust and all tig welded on top of that !!!

I had the whole stainless works on my car and I didnt like it that much.Dont get me wrong it is a high quality system but I didnt like the raspy sound and drone I was having so I ended up selling it.

I have access to a hydraulic tube expender so I will make a complete slip on exhaust system since I dont really need to take the whole thin out in 10 min like the OP but this gives me ideas . :)

Since then ive had the entire exhaust Jethot coated , and added a Vband clamp to the H pipe so it can easily be disassembled on the right or left side.

[MyBlackBeasts]

I know I'm late to the party but geeze that is a hell of a great exhaust and all tig welded on top of that !!!

I had the whole stainless works on my car and I didnt like it that much.Dont get me wrong it is a high quality system but I didnt like the raspy sound and drone I was having so I ended up selling it.

I have access to a hydraulic tube expender so I will make a complete slip on exhaust system since I dont really need to take the whole thin out in 10 min like the OP but this gives me ideas . :)

X-pipe gives you the raspy tone.

Go 3" to the tips = no need for X-pipe and loose the raspy sound.

[2004_p71]

Yes going with an H-pipe as well but the tail pipes will be stock looking , with turn downs as the shinny marauder style was a cop attention grabber, I prefer the stealth look on a sleeper :D I did use some vibrant resonator last year to help to tone down the sound and it did help a bit

I got my headers coated too last year but since I'm repainting the whole car the whole drivetrain is out so I will have to start piecing up together my exhaust system.
I always liked dynomax but the magnaflow are pretty nice sounding too. I really want to avoid any drone or being too loud.

[MOTOWN]

Looked at your sig , do you have any pics of your drivetrain?

[2004_p71]

yes I do , what do you want to see in particular ?

[MOTOWN]

yes I do , what do you want to see in particular ?

Just curious to see your overall setup , nothing in particular.

[2004_p71]

dont want to derail the thread but heres some vids about it.

5.4 2V 5 speed manual trans 4.10 rar had full SW exhaust system

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov4--iCdAOY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuI5dDX7Kyg

do not get butt hurt anyone with this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMhZ8s6xn1g